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14 Mar 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst Upper Mississippi River shippers celebrated the opening of the 2016 shipping season over the weekend with the arrival of two tow boats. There was no cause for celebration on the Lower Mississippi, though, with the river at or near flood stage and likely to cause shipping delays. On Saturday, March 12, the fir...
14 Mar 2016
By Richard SmithDTN Japan Correspondent CHIBA CITY, Japan (DTN) -- Phil Seng, president and CEO of the U.S. Meat Export Federation, said the time is not ripe to make any volume increase forecast for exports to Japan, but the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) will surely enhance the competitiveness of U.S. meat on the Japanese market. "It w...
14 Mar 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- As the Senate prepares for a possible vote this week on a bill on the labeling of foods with genetically modified ingredients, the opponents and advocates for labeling waged war Sunday in ads on CNN following articles published on the issue Friday in The Hill. The ad sponsored by the ...
11 Mar 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Bayer CropScience is moving toward a full review of its pesticide flubendiamide before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Administrative Law Court, a company official told DTN Thursday. EPA asked Bayer in recent weeks to voluntarily cancel the 2008 conditional registration for Belt SC Insectic...
11 Mar 2016
By Katie MicikDTN Markets Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Grain sorghum's been a part of the mix on Kent Winter's south-central Kansas farm since his father first planted it to rotate with the wheat crop in 1957. Now, he's planning to bump up his sorghum acreage as part of his defense against low commodity prices. "We've got to take a defensive stance goin...